The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 3, 1984
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
7:31 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.79° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.96° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.